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Postdoctoral Scholarships
Academic year: 2018-2019
Country: Colombia
Offered by The Swiss Government via the Federal Commission for Scholarships for
Foreign Students FCS
Eligibility PhD degree achieved after 31st of December 2014 and before 1st of
criteria and September 2018 recognised by the Swiss university. As a proof the
specific conditions degree has to be submitted to the Federal Commission for Scholarships
before the start of the scholarship.
No funding for sabbaticals.
Applicants who have been in Switzerland for more than one year at the
beginning of the scholarship in September are not eligible.
Applicants must provide a letter from a professor at the Swiss host
institution stating that she/he is willing to support and supervise the
postdoctoral research. Without such support, the application will be
rejected.
Not accepted as academic supervisors for Post-doctoral scholarship
applicants are their former PhD mentors and their co-directors for the co-
tutelle PhD if the academic supervisor is at a Swiss university.
Applicants must have a research proposal including a timeframe. This is
the centrepiece of the application. The applicant must devote all required
attention to it.
Applicants must be in command of the necessary language skills required
for the postdoctoral research.
Applicants who have already benefited from a Swiss Government
Excellence Scholarship are not eligible to apply for a second scholarship.
Scholarship holders are expected to move to Switzerland during their
grant period.
Selection The following aspects and selection criteria are primarily considered:
criteria The candidate: academic profile, research capacity and motivation.
The research project: originality and methodological soundness.
The academic context: quality and context of supervision and potential for
future academic cooperation.
Contact institution Questions and application documents, should be submitted to the following
for the application address – if not mentioned otherwise below*:
E-mail: bog.vertretung@eda.admin.ch
Tel: 0057 1 349 72 30
Web: http://www.icetex.gov.co